Windscreen for corn?

[RenoHuskerDu]

Howdy, last year the wind huffed and puffed and blew our corn down. Texas gets some wind, y'all.

This year I'm considering stretching some kind of netting between T posts. It would have to reduce the wind, but not block it. I guess I'll go all tacticool and use ghillie camo netting. Our teen boys would love that.

Anybody BTDT?

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

Settled on ghillie mesh in 23'x5' from fleabay

Maybe I'll post a pic once it's up. Corn is sprouting already.

 

[pibb]

What do you do if the wind blows from the other direction and blows your corn down?

Corn will mostly stand itself back up in time, but if you're like me, my corn is mostly grown when it gets blown down. It still makes corn as far as I can remember.

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

Do y'all in TN get the wind we do in Central TX? It blows down here young, kinks the stem above the base, fritos. We had this happen to us in France too, probably because our stand of corn is small, just a few feet.

A wind break in close will protect in two directions. And I'm going to angle it in a wide V.

 

[pibb]

Do y'all in TN get the wind we do in Central TX?

No. I'd say you have stronger winds in the flatland.

Do you plant your corn in squares instead of single rows? Corn protects itself better and pollinates better.

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

20 x 10 bed this year. Last year we tried squares. They blew down.

We never know when a straight line wind event is gonna come thru here. But we hardly ever get twisters, thank God. Y'all do, I hear.

 

[WthrLady]

Do y'all in TN get the wind we do in Central TX? It blows down here young, kinks the stem above the base, fritos. We had this happen to us in France too, probably because our stand of corn is small, just a few feet.

A wind break in close will protect in two directions. And I'm going to angle it in a wide V.

Best windscreen for corn is more corn. We get 60mph winds on a regular basis here, corn country nebraska. If you are only planting a few rows of corn then Tposts on the end, and a couple in the middle if the rows are long and then cord supports on either side of the row as the corn grows higher.